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 Whether you are a homeowner concerned about your drinking water or a student doing a class assignment, researching facts about water can be overwhelming. In today's enviornment knowing where your water comes from and it's quality is very important. To help sort out the facts from the rest we have provided you with links so you can get the REAL facts about your drinking water.
EPA - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
National Primary Drinking Water Standards
Guidelines regulating contaminants.
Acid Rain
What is Acid Rain?
Lead in Drinking Water
How lead can get in our drinking water.
Private Drinking Water Wells
Concerns about quality of well water.
Drinking Water from Household Wells
Pamphlet answering question about well water.
Drinking Water Treatment
Treatment by Public Water Systems
Drinking Water Monitoring, Compliance, and Enforcement
How EPA ensures Public Water Systems comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Drinking Water Standards & Health Effects
EPA’s role in the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Drinking Water Facts and Figures
Protecting Drinking Water Sources
Safe Drinking Water Act’s steps in drinking water protection.
Contaminants Regulated Under the Safe Water Drinking Act
History of when contaminants were added to EPA regulations.
EPA Contamination Candidates
List of contaminants which may require regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
FDEP - Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Drinking Water Program
How the Drinking Water Program ensures the safety of public drinking water supplies.
Synthetic Organic Contaminants and their Standards
This group of contaminants includes pesticides, PCB, and dioxin.
Health Effects & Standards for Microbiological Contaminants
This group of contaminants includes bacteria, viruses, and pathogens.
Miscellaneous Contaminants
This group of contaminants includes lead, copper, disinfection by-products, acrylamide and epichlorohydrin.
Inorganic Contaminants
Inorganic contaminants, Some of it is man-made and some of it occurs naturally.
Secondary Drinking Water Standards
Volatile Organic Chemical Contaminants
Drinking Water Standards
Standards, monitoring requirements, and treatment techniques to be met by public water systems.
Standard Health Effects
Health effects of contaminants regulated by the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations.
Documentary Film - Water's Journey: The Hidden Rivers of Florida -
A team of scientists and cave divers take a daring journey underground into the Floridan aquifer.
U.S Food and Drug Administration
Bottled Water: Better than Tap?
Is the extra expense of bottled water worth it?
Bottled Water Regulation
FDA’s role in regulating bottled water
JEA - Jacksonville Electric Authority
Water from the Florida Aquifer to You
How JEA brings the water to you.
Annual Water Quality Report
For period January 1, to December 31, 2007
UF - University of Florida
Home Water Quality Control
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